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MSRB ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF INVESTOR ADVISORY GROUP 

Alexandria, VA - The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) today announced the names of the members of its 2016 Investor Advisory Group, which was created recently to provide the MSRB’s Board of Directors with access to additional expertise on municipal market practices, transparency and investor protection issues. 

Members of the 2016 MSRB Investor Advisory Group are: 

  • Joseph John Bridy, Partner, Hamlin Capital Management
  • Joseph P. Darcy, Executive Vice President, Sector Head, Municipal Fixed Income,  Hartford Investment Management Company
  • Lyle Fitterer, Managing Director, Head of Tax-Exempt Fixed Income, Wells Capital Management
  • Thalia Meehan, Portfolio Manager, Putnam Investments
  • Bill Oliver, Retail Investor
  • Betsy C. Shelton, Director of Research and Senior Portfolio Manager, Charles Fish Investments, Inc.
  • Benjamin S. Thompson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fiera Capital Inc. 

“The Investor Advisory Group will help ensure that the Board’s deliberations on key issues include the perspectives of active and knowledgeable municipal securities investors,” said MSRB Chair Nat Singer. “The advisory group members each have decades of experience that will enhance the work of the MSRB to promote a fair and efficient market.”   

The advisory group will meet periodically throughout the year, as directed by the Board.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) protects and strengthens the municipal bond market, enabling access to capital, economic growth, and societal progress in tens of thousands of communities across the country. MSRB fulfills this mission by creating trust in our market through informed regulation of dealers and municipal advisors that protects investors, issuers and the public interest; building technology systems that power our market and provide transparency for issuers, institutions, and the investing public; and serving as the steward of market data that empowers better decisions and fuels innovation for the future. MSRB is a self-regulatory organization governed by a board of directors that has a majority of public members, in addition to representatives of regulated entities. MSRB is overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Congress.

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